piquanp and sprightly as the little girl who plays the part of its
heroine^ is this admirable little book."— r-li.rAJSTRATKD LONDON
News.

MerivalCi— KEATS» Hyperion, rendei«d into LatSn Verse.
^ C. Mbrtvale, B.D. Second Edition; Exim fcap; 8vo.
35r. 6rf;

Mitner.— THte LtLY OF LUMLEY. By Edith Mjlner.
Croi^ 8vo. 7j. 6d.

Milton's Poetical Works,— Edited with Text collated from
the best Authorities, with Introduction and Notes by David
Masson. Three vols* 8vo. 42s. With Three Portraits (engraved by
C. H. Jeens and Radcliffe. (Uniiorm with the Cambridge
Shakespeare.)

Mistral (F.) — MIRELLE, a Pastoral Epic oi Provence. . Trans-
lated by H. Crichton. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.
" It would be hard to overpraise the sweetness and pleasing freshness
of this charming epic.^-^ATKEi^MVM.

Mitford (A. B.)— tales OF OLD JAPAN. By A, B.

MiTFORD, Second Secretary to the British. Legation in Japan.

With Illustrations drawn and cut on Wood by Japanese Artists.

New and Cheaper Edition; Crown 8vo. 6r.

" Th^ will always be interesting as memotials of a most exceptional
society; while, regarded simply as taies, they are sparkling, sensa*
tional, and dramatic, and the originality of theiY ideas and the
' quaintness of their language give them a most tapfhfoting piquancy.
The illustrations are extremely interesting, and for the curious in
such matters have a special and parttculat" z/alue." — Pall Mall
Gazette.

Morgan.— BARON BRUNO ; OR, THE UNBELIEVING
PHILOSOPHER, AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES. By
Louisa Morgan. Illustrated by R. Caldecott. Crown 8vo. gilt. 5^.
** 77ie prettiest collection of stories we ha^e seen for a long time.
One and all are graceful and dreamy little prose-po^ms with some-
thing of the bewitching pathos of Hans Christian Anderset^s^
* Little Mermaid,^ and ^Eleven Swans' "—Examiner.

Mr. Pisistratus Brown, M,P,, in THlS^ HIGHLANDS.

New Edition, with Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 3^. 6d.

** The book is calculated to recoil pleasant memories of holidays well
spent, and scenes not easily to be forgotten. To those who have
never been in the Western Highlands, or sailed along the FrHh:of
Clyde and on the Western Coast, it will seem almost like a fairy
story. There is a charm in the volume which makes it anything
but easy for a recuier who has opened it to put it down until the last
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Mrs. Jerningham's Journal, a Poem purporting to be the

Journal of a newly-married Lady. Sebohd Edition. FcSap. 8vo.

3J. 6d.

^^ It is nearly a perfect gem. . We have had nothing m good for a
long time, and those who neglect to read U are ne^scting one of
the Jewels of contemporary history.'^ — Edinburgh Baiby Re-
view. ** One quality in the piece^ sufficient of itself ta claim a
moments attention^ is that it is unique— original, imked, is not too
strong a word— in the manner of its conception cmd jexeetUion.**
—Pall Mall Gazette.

Mudie.— STRAY LEAVES. ByC. E. Mudie. Isfew Edition.

Ektra fcap. 8vo. 3^. 6d, Contents :—** His and Mine'*—

*'Night and Day'*— "One of Many," &€.

This little volume consists of a number of poems, mostly of a genuinely
devotional character, '* T7b^ are for the most part so exquisitely
sweet and delicate as to be quite a marvel of composition. They are
worthy of being laid up in the recesses of the heart, and recalled to
memorv from time to time." — Illustrated London News.

Murray.— THE ballads and songs of Scotland,

in View of their Influence on the Character of the People. By

J. Clark Murray, LL.D., Professor of Mental and Moral

Philosophy in McGill College, Montreal. Crown 8vo. 6s,

** Independently of the lucidity of the style in which the whole book

is written, the selection of the examples alone would recommend it

to favour, while the geniality of the criticism upon those examples

cannot fail to make them highly appreciated and valuedr —

Morning Post.

Myers (Ernest).— the puritans. By Ernest Myers.
Extra fcap. Svo. cloth, zs. td,

** It is not too much to call it a really grand poem, stately and dig'
nified, and showing not only a high poetic mind, but also great
power over poetic expression.''^ — Literary Churchman.

Myers (F. W. H.)— poems. ByF. W. H. Myers. Con-
tainhig "St. Paul,'* "St. John,** and others. Extra fcap. Svo.
4r. 6d,

*'Itis rare to find a writer who combines to such an extent the faculty
of communicating feelings with the faculty of euphonious expres-
sion.'^ — Spectator. " ' *$*/. Paul'^ stands without a rival as the
noblest religious poem 'which has been written in an age which
beyond any other has been prolific in this class of poetry. The sub'
limest conceptions are' expressed in language which, for richness,
taste, and purity, we have never seen excdled'' —^OTX^ BULL.

Nichol.— HANNIBALi A HISTORICAL DRAMA. By John

NiCHOL, B.A. Oxon., Regius Professor of English Language and

Literature in the University of Glasgow. Extra fcap. Svo. 7j. 6</.

** The poem combines in no ordinary degree firmness and workman^

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hcks as yet, to our knowledge, been afforded to his nobU and stainless
#w»i/."— -Saturday Review.

Nine Years Old.— By the Author of *'St Olave's," "When I
was a little Girl," &c Illustrated by Frolich. Fourth Edition.
Extra fcap. 8vo. doth gilt. 4^. 6^.

It is beheved that this story, by the favourably known author 0/
" St. Olauis," will be found both highly interesting and instructive
to the young. The volume contains eight graphic illustrations by
Mr, L, Frolich, The Examiner says : " Whether the readers
are nine years old, or twice, or seven times as old, they must enjoy
this pretty volume,**

Noel.— BEATRICE, AND OTHER POEMS. By the Hon.
RODEN Noel. Fcap. 8vo. 6s,

**It is impossible to read the poem through without being powerfully '
moved. There are passages in it which for inienHty and tender*
ness, dear and mvid vision, spontaneous and delicate sympathy,
may be compared with the best efforts of -our best Iknng writers,**
—Spectator.
Norton. — ^Works by the Hon. Mrs. Norton : —
THE LADY OF LA GARAYK With Vignette and Frontif^iece.
New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4J. 6d,

**Full 0/ thought well expressed, and may be classed among her best
efforts,**— Times,
OLD SIR DOUGLAS. Cheap Edition, Globe 8vo. 2j. 6d,
^* This varied and Iwely novel — this clever novel so full of character,
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Oliphant. — Works by Mrs. Oliphant : —

. AGNES HOPETOUN'S SCHOOLS AND HOLIDAYS. New
Edition with Illustrations. Royal i6mo. gilt leaves. 4^. 6d,
*' There are few hooks of late years more fitted to touch the heart,
purify the feeling, and quicken and sustain right principles,** —
Nonconformist. *^A more gracefully written story it is impos*
' sible to desire,**— Daily News.
A SON OF THE SOIL. New Edition. Globe 8v6. 2s. 6d.
*'It is a very different work from the ordinary run of novels.
The whole life of a man is portrayed in it, worked out with subtlety
and insight,** — ^ATHENiEUM.
THE CURATE IN CHARGE. Two vols, crown 8vo. 21s,
Fifth Edition.

** We can pronounce it Ofte of the happiest of her recent efforts** —
Times.
Olrig Grange. Edited by Hermann Kunst, Philol. Professor.

Extra fcap. 8vo. 6j. td.
Our Year, a Child's Book, in Prose and Verse. By the Author
of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated by Clarence
DoBELL. Royal i6mo. 3J. dd,

*^Itis just the book we could wish to see in the hands of every child**
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Owen Gwynne's Great Work. — By the Author of

** Wandering Willie." 2 vols, crown 8vo. 21s.
Oxford Spectator, The. — Reprinted. Extra fcap. 8vo.

Palgrave. — Works by Francis Turner Palgrave, M.A., late

Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford :—
THE FIVE DAYS' ENTERTAINMENTS AT WENTWORTH

GRANGE. A Book for Children. With Illustrations by Arthur

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extra. 6s.

** If pfou want a really good book for both sexes and all ages^ buy
this, ds handsome a volume of tales as youUl find in aU the
marketj^ — ATHENiEUM. ^^Exquisite both inform and substance.^*
— Guardian.

LYRICAL POEMS. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s.

**A volume of pure quiet verse, sparkling with tender melodies, and
alive with thoughts of genuine poetry. . . . Turn where we will
throughout the volume, we find traces of beauty, tenderness, and
truth ; truepoefs work, touched and refined by the master-hand oj
a real artist, who shows his genius even in trtfies.^* — Standard.
ORIGINAL HYMNS. Third Edition, enlai^ed, i8mo. \s. 6d.
*' So choice, so perfect, and so refined, so tender in feeling, and so
scholarly in expression, that we look with special interest to every-
thing that he gives «j. "—Literary Churchman.
GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICS.
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SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND SONGS. Edited by F. T.
Palgrave. Gem Edition. With Vignette Title by Jeens. 3j. 6</,
^^ For minute elegance no volume could possibly excel the ^ Gem
Edition.' "-—Scotsman.

THE CHILDREN'S TREASURY OF ENGLISH SONG.
Selected and arranged with Notes by F. T. Palgrave. In
Two Parts, \s. each.

Parables.— TWELVE parables of our lord. IUus-
trated in Colours from Sketches taken in the East by McEniry,
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nated Texts and Borders. Royal 4to. in Ornamental Binding. i6i.
The Times calls it ^^ one of the most beautiful of modem pictorial

works; " while the Graphic says " nothing in this style, so good,

has ever before been published,"

Patmore.— THE CHIJ:DREN'S garland, from the Bett

Poets. Selected and atranged by Coventry Patmore. New

Edition. With Illustrations hy J. Lawson. . Crown 8vo. gilt dr.

^ Golden Treasury Edition. i8mo. 4r. 6d.

** The charming iUustraiions added to many of the poems will add

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Founded upon the story of Sappho, * 'ITe tells his story loith dramatic
force^ and in language that often rises almost to grandeur.^ —

AXHENiBUM.

Poole.— PICTURES OF COTTAGE LIFE IN TttE WEST

OF ENGLAND. By Margaret E. Poole. New and Cheaper

Edition. With Frontispiece by R. Farren. Crown 8vo. 3j. td,

" Charming stories of peasant life^ written in something of George

Eliofs style, . . . Ber stories could not de other than they are, as

literal as truths as romantic as fiction^ full of pathetic touches

and strokes of genuine humour. . . . All the stories are studies

of actual life^ executed with no mean art." — ^TlMES.

Population of an Old Pear Tree. From the French

of E. Van Bruyssel. Edited by the Author of " The Heir of

Redclyffe." With Illustrations by Becker. Cheaper Edition.

Crown 8vo. gilt. 41. 6d.

'* This is not a regular book of natural history ^ but a description of
all the living creatures that came and went in a summer's day
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become microscopic, recorded by a pen that finds dramas in every-
thing, and illustrated by a dainty pencil. . . . We can hardly
fancy anyone with a moderate turn for the curiosities of insect
life, or for delicate French esprit, not being taken by these clever
sketches, " — Guardian. * *A whimsical and charming little book. "

— -A'THENiBUM.

Prince Florestan of Monaco, The Fall of. By

Himself. New Edition, with Illustration and Map. 8vo. doth.

Extra gilt edges, 5j. A French Translation, 5^. Also an Edition

for the People. Crown 8vo. is.

** Those who have read only the extracts given, will not need to be
told how amusing and happily touched it is. Those who read it for
other purposes than amusement can hardly miss the sober and
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are as much needed in England a^ by the nation to whom the author
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many of its pages. " — Daily News. * * In an age little remarkable
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every claim to welcome," — Standard.

Rankine.— SONGS AND fables. By VV. J. McQuoRN
Rankine, late Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanic^ at
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Realmah. — J3y the Author of "Friends in Council" Crown
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Richardson.— THS ILIAD of the east, a Selection of

Legends drawn from Valmiki's Sanskrit Poem, "The Ramayana."

By Frederika Richardson. Crown 8vo. *js, 6d.

" // w tmpossibleto read it without recognizing the value and interest

of the Eastern epic. It is cu fascinating as a fairy taie^ this

romantic poem of India, " — ^Globe. ' ' A charming volume^ which

ift once enmeshes the reader in its snares.*^ — ATHEN-flEUM.

feoby.— STORY OF A HOUSEHOLD, AND OTHER POEMS.
By Mary K. Roby. Fcap. Svo. 5j.

feogcrs,— RIDICULA REDIVIVA. Old Nursery Rhymes.

Illustrated in Colours, by J. E. Rogers, with Ornamental Covers.

In four parts, is, each, or complete in 1 vol. $s.

" The most splendid, and at the same time the most recUly meritorious
of the books specialh intended for children, that we have seen,** —
SPECTATOR. ** l%ese large bright pictures wUl attract children to
really good and honest artistic work^ and that ought not to be an
ind^erent consideration with parents who propose to educate their
children**— Vkia. Mall Gazette.

ftbs^'etti. — Works by Christina Rossetti :— •

POEMS. Complete Edition, containing " Goblin Market," "The
Prince's Progress," &c. With Four Illustrations. Extra fcap.
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SNEAKING LIKENESSES. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
Crown Svo. gilt edges. 45". 6d,

** Certain to be a delight to many a juvenile fireside circle,** — Morn-
ing Post.

Runaway (The), a story for the Young. By the Author of
** Mrs. Jemingham's Journal." With Illustrations by J. Lawson.
Globe Svo. gilt 4.r. 6d,

** This is one of the best, if not indeed the very best, oj all the stories
that has come before us this Christmas, • The heroines are both
charming, and, unlike heroines, they are asjull of fun as of charms.
It is an admirable book to read aloud to the young folk when they
are all gathered round the fire, and nurses and other apparitions
are still far away" — Saturday Review.

Ruth and her Friends, a Story for Girls. With a Frontis-
piece. Fourth Edition. iSmo. Cloth extra. 2J. dd,
** We wish all the school girls and home-taught girls in the land had
the opportunity of reading it** — Nonconformist.

Scouring of the White Horse; or, the Long

VACATION RAMBLE OF A LONDON CLERK. Illustrated
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Shairp (Principal).— KILMAHOE, a Highlan'd Pastoral, with
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Shakespeare.— The Works of William Shaksspkaeb. Cam-
bridge Edition. Edited by W. George Clark, M.A. and W.
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The Guardian calls it an ** excellent, and, to the student, almost

indispensable edition ; '' and the Examiner calls it ** an unHvaUod

edition,*'

Shakespeare's Tempest. Edited with Glossanal and Ex-
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l8mo. IS,

Slip (A) in the Fens.— niustrated by the Author. Crown
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•will be read with pleasure, and with a pleasure that is altogether

innocent,*' — SATURDAY Review.

Smedley_TWO dramatic poems. By Menella Bute
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** May be read Tvith enjoyment and profit," — Saturday Review.

Smith. — POEMS. By Catherine Barnard Smith. Fcap.
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Smith (Rev. Walter).— HYMNS OF CHRIST AND THE
christian life. By the Rev. Walter C. Smith, M.A,
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" These are among the sweetest sacred poems we have read for a long
time, W\th no profuse imagery, expressing a range of feeling
and expression by no means uncommon, they are true and devoted^
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Stanley,— TRUE to life.— a simple story. By Mary

Stanley. Crown 8vo. 10^. td,
' ** For many a long day we have not met with a more simple, healthy,
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Stephen (C. E.)— the service of the POOR; being
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Stephens (J. B.)— convict once, a Poem. By J.

Brunton Stephens. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3^. 6d,

** It is as far more interesting than ninety-nine novels out of a

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Streets and Lanes of a City : Being the Reminiscences
of Amy Dutton. With a Preface by the Bishop of Salis-
bury. Second and Cheaper Edition. Globe 8vo. 2j. 6d,
" One of the most really striking books that has ever come before us. "
— Literary Churchman.

Strivelyne— THE princess OF SILVERLAND; and
other Tales. By Elsie Strivelyne. With Frontispiece by Sir
Noel Paton. Globe 8vo. gilt. 4J.
" Delightfully fresh and original'* — GRAPHIC.
" Readable and pleasant.** — ATHENiEUM.

Thring* — school songs, a CoUection of Songs for Schools.
With the Music arranged for four Voices. Edited by the Rev. E.
Thring and H. Riccius. Folio. *js. 6d.

Tom Brown's School Days. — By An Old Boy.
Golden Treasury Edition, 4J. 6d, People's Edition, 2s.
With Seven Illustrations lay A. Hughes and Sydney Hall
Crown Svo. 6j.
** The most famous bo^s book in the language.^ — Daily News. .;

Tom Brown at Oxford.— New Edition. With Illustrations.

Crown 8vo. 6j.

*^ In no other work that we can call to mind are the finer qualities of
the English gentleman more happily portrayed** — Daily News,
•M book of great power and truth. — National Review.

Trench. — Works by R. Chenevix Trench, D.D., Archbishop
of Dublin. (For other Works by this Author, see Theological,
Historical, and Philosophical Catalogues.)

POEMS. Collected and arranged anew. Fcap. 8vo. 7j. 6^.

HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. Selected and
arranged, with Notes, by Archbishop Trench. Second Edition.
Extra fcap. 8vo. 5^. td.

* • The Archbishop hcu conferred in this delightful volume an important
gift on the whole English'Speaking papulation of the world. " —
Pall Mall Gazette.

SACRED LATIN POETRY, Chiefly Lyrical. Selected and
arranged for Use. By Archbishop Trench. Third Edition,
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Trollope (Anthony). — sir harry hqtspur OF

HUMBLETHWAITE. By Anthony Trollope, Author of

"Framley Parsonage," etc. Cheap Edition. Globe 8vo. 2s.6d.

The ATHENiEUM remarks : **Nd reader who begins to read this book

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[^ With an Authorized Reproduction of the Lessons and Woodcuts
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" Om of the prettiest and lest told stories which it has been our
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Veitch.— THE TWEED, AND OTHER POEMS. By J.
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University. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s, 6d,

Vittoria Colonna.— life and POEMS. By ^es. Henry
RoscoE. Crown 8vo. gs.

Waller,— SIX weeks in the saddle -. a Pamter*s Joun^l
in Iceland. By S. E. Waller. Illustrated by the Author.
Crown 8vo. 6s,

**An exceedingly pleasant and naturally written little book. . . Mr.
Waller has a clever pencil^ and the text is well illustrated with his
own sketches. " — Times.

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" John Hatherton." Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 0J.

" This is an idyll of rare truth and beauty. . . . The story is simple

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picturesqueness. , * . A charming gift-book for young ladies not

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. who may give an hour to its perusal. — Daily News.

Webster. — Works by Augusta Webster :—

" // Mrs. Webster only remains true to herselj, she will assuredly
take a higher rank as a poet than any woman has yet done/* —
Westminster Review.

DRAMATIC STUDIES. Extra fcap. 8vo. 51.
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^CbstCV— continued,
PORTRAITS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3J. 6d.

**Mrs, Webstef^s poems exhibit simplicity and tenderness . , . her
faste is perfect . . . This simplicity is combined with a subtlety of
thoiightf feeling, and observation which demand that attention which
only real lovers of poetry are apt to bestowy — Westminster
Review.
PI^OMETHEUS BOUND OF i^SCHYLUS. f^iteiaUy translated

Into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8yo. 3j. 6</.

**"Closeness and simplicity combined with literary skill,** — AXHS-
NiEUM. ** Mrs, ffebster^s ' Dramatic Stt4dtes * and ' Translation
of Prometheus'^ have won for her an honout able place among our
female poets. She writes with remarkable vigour and dramatic
realization, and bids fair to be the most successful claimant of Mrs,
Browning's mantle.**^BRiTiSH Quarterly Review.
MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. Literally translated into English

Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. ^s, 6d,

** Mrs, Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations, ^ It is
a photograph of the original without any oj that harshness which
so often accompanies a photograph,"— V^E.STU.ii^si:is.R Review.
THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap.

8vo. $s,

** The * Auspicious Day* shows a marked advance, not only in art,
but, in what is of tar more importance, in breadth of thought and
intellectual grasp.^* — Westminster Review. " This drama is
a manifestation of high dramatic power on the part of the gifted
writer, and entitled to our warmest admiration, as a worthy piece
of work, ** — Standard.
YU-PE-YA'S LUTE. A Chinese Tale in English Verse. Extra

fcap. 8vo. 3J. 6d,

** A very charming tale, charmingly told in dainty verse, with
occasional lyrics of tender beauty*^ — Standard. " We close the
book with the renewed conviction that in Mrs, Webster we have a
profound and original poet. The book is marked nof by mere
sweetness of melody — rare as that gift is— but by the infinitely^
rarer gifts of dramcOic power, of passion, and sympathdic insight